Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"… the Odd Fellows Hall for three nights usually in early August. Sweet Chariot musicians on a windjammer, Swan's Island, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… but a truck and fire station were acquired in the early 1950s. Police first came to the island on a temporary basis, with a deputy sheriff in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"Impressive homes and a stellar hotel fill the city. In the 1960s an urban renewal proposal and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlon built a hotel on this land, which soon housed a post office, store, and many houses to accomodate the influx of Italian, Lithuanian, Polish…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"1910Guilford Historical Society The Braeburn Hotel in Guilford, Maine, has been around since 1906. It was considered the finest in residency in its…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"1910Guilford Historical Society The Braeburn Hotel was built on the site of the Turner House. During its early years, it was considered the ultimate…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… Jefferson Davis of Mississippi while the Stanley Hotel provided the town with valuable shops, meeting spaces, dry goods stores and a barber shop."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"The buildings and land surrounding it remains much the same now as in early days and is still called The Gregory Inn."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Holt’s store became a hotel. Orin Clay opened a public house named the Copper and Gold Exchange The U.S."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"The hotel is not here today, but a new Lincoln House Motel is here. Lincoln sold the papers and Bangor sold them; those towns are still here today."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Jonas T. Severy ran the hotel and furnished the rum and raffled off a white horse at $1/ticket. It was said that a hot time in the old town was had…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… houses attracted motorists; and large guest hotels on the coast, such as the Checkley and Atlantic House, lured tourists who often arrived by train…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… the Municipal Building; The Strathglass Building (Hotel Harris); and the Strathglass Park. All of these buildings are works of art in themselves."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"No hotels. No spas. No second homes or cottages. Nothing. Ironically, a few descendants now store some of their lobster traps and fishing gear there."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Hotels and restaurants would host the volumes of tourists passing through on their way to the “up country” where fishing and hunting would be the…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… what was called the Bangor Plan, which allowed hotels and such to serve alcohol if they went to court and paid a fee twice a year."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… factory, doctors’ offices, a rake factory, a hotel, and many other businesses came and went. On the banks of the Androscoggin River, bounded by the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Newspaper) The Willows The Willows Hotel, Farmington, ca. 1885Farmington Historical Society Perhaps higher education for girls was less…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… performers often boarded at private homes or area hotels, which provided a boost to the local economy."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… they were serenaded back to their state-run hotel where Soviet citizens were not allowed to join them in their rooms."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… called Maplewood Park because of the Maplewood Hotel and its maple trees which were located on the site."